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Transfers Of Real Estate.

Deeds In fee have been filed as follows:
w. 8. Cox to A. c. Clark, lot 4, block IL; and II,
block II; and 3, block 13; i, 3 and 8, block II;
and II, block Is; 4, and Is, T. Il BIS sub, Mt.
Pleasant, &C.; =. j. r. Wolston to Marie T. Syl-
veSter, lot 16, block /, Whitney Close; 81 900 8.
]. Gass TO J. II. Walter, sub lots to and to 10
It's sub. Pleasant Plains; $50, 600 L @. Hayden
70 Mary Mann, lot 49. Lanier Heights; s, s75.
y. II. HAYDEN TO +. Wharton, lots 81 and 81, 50.
81; 1855. J. II. Sands to l. +. shoemaker part
lot q, block Meridian Hill: 81 $50. A. C. Clark
70 h. G. Huntemann ct al, lots z and II. So
COS; $972. John Sherman, trustee to Mary A
Spencer, lot 20, block 25, Columbia Heights;
8, Sxs 81 Same TO Pierce Crosby, lot 25 block IS
do; g, 882. 81. same to Louisa A. Crosby, lot "a
block Is, do; 8, S82.S1. C. n. Barrtck TO J. w,
Hayes, lot s, block l6, Meridian Hill: $3.50. WI
R Decide TO James J. Purman, Loo II, d.
Purman 70 Burgess Urquhart, lot az, do; 81
w. T. Chandler 70 T. w. TomiinsOn, sub lots 16(
and 165, SO. 6l5; $2,476 ID. Connen ct al, trus
tees TO Blanche Carter, pit and lots n to 70 50
610: - James McLain TO r. w. Brown lot
biz. IS, Columbia Heights; 81, 6g965. Same to 4
B. sutherland, lot S do, do; 81, 1850 Blanche
Carter 70 James +. Wilkes, lots 70 TO rs 50. 6l0
8, 700. Susetta Myers to G. A. Member PTS 10
IL. 50. 964; $500. Blanche Carter 10 Ruth q. d
Ravens. lot n, 50. $40; $500. W. s. Cox ct al
trustees, 70 Allen Clark, sub lots 1855 TO ia, 90
672; 8, 700. c.. j. Stmons to John Bidout lot
blk. - Columbia Heights; $3.50
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SOM WHITE LIRs--It Is printed that recently
great Boston clergyman what he would do II he
was asked by the artist for his opinion OF q pic
ture which was not cOmmendable, the clergyman
said: 81 would say just what do to mothers;
who bring their babies 70 me TO be admired. al
ways say, ooh. that Is oabyy leaving the mother
convinced that II s the only baby in the world and
Gently printed anecdote OF Boston critic, who at
nrst night In theatef was expressing great
contempt I0r the play, when the author rushed up
and asked what he thought OF t. .Ay dear fef-
low" said the critic without an instant's hesta-
ton, III had written that play should be so
proud OF ft there would be no living with me- y
Asked afterwaTd TO justify such apparently QUO
rageous lie, the critic said: 81 only told him the
truth. II l had been fool enough to write that
stun should be fool enough 70 be unspeakably
proud q Il"
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MOURNING FOR ssGRASSEKOPPER.,,
Gel. WARD H. LamOn Makes Inquiry
After His Youthful Body Servant.

few days ago small boy employed by Col.
Ward H. Lamon disappeared. As result Col W.
@. Moore, chief OF police, received the following
letter from Cot LamOn:
"Grasshopper is gone. He winged his flight
from my bed and board, after three months faith
ful but Irregular service as my Quarternaster
cOmmtsszU and adJuLant At the rirst sound OF
martial music on the I'D inst. his 1.-the, graceful
and symmetrical form greeted my approving eyes
Tor the last time. .Grasshopper" possesses lively
versatile, phenomenal and unique characteristics
looked upon His talent bids fat: to well nt him
for the profession OF freebooter ON the high seas
or 70 make nun respectable as an average member
HIS inclination Is upon music bent and frresisti-
bly, moved az the concord OF sweet sounds. The
band began 10 play and the boy lit out TO join in
the steps OF the union TO martial music ON the day
we celebrate, with much pride and perhaps
more satisfaction than any patriot DESCENDANT OF
the revolution or distinguished hero Of the late
war.
The last seer of him was by Betty. the kitchen
maid, who says, as ne turned the corner ne was
going at such speed she could scarcely distinguish
whether II was our GraSShOpper or an elongated
bid she recognized him. however by his We'll
known MARBLE OF duicet notes, set TO words some
thing IKE Twas ever thus in childhoods hour "
Between the boys usefulness and cussedness
hm-"hence these tears"
His real name Is Rodgers More, tor, perhaps,
less; you can never eel with such Arabs whether
they are more or less, and said TO be nneal de-
scendant Of one OF the frsG families OF Virginia.
blood, either Of the Crcassan or AnglO-Saxon race
He Is IL years old, OF q delicate build, why and
active. Has grey eyes. Grecian face with hair
inclined TO curl but not 70 ktnk; that hair Is very
black, and, take him all together, he Is handsome
- pocket edition OF a painted wagon. He had on
when last seen drab suit cut q Ia Dundreary;
wore plush fabric Tor q scOnce cover, Of the Car.
dinal WOOlsey style.
When this youngster Is not otherwise engaged
ne Ii much given 10 standing on his headI Jumps
Ike nmber-Jack and turning somersaults Is
isyonte amusement with hun Walking upright
Is 70 him an unnatural mode OF locomOtlon. All
THESE CONSIDERATIONS give rise TO an apprehension
that ne may In his innocent but festive gambols IN
celebrating the day have wagon-wheeled hfmsei
through the bay window OF some unpatriotic de
generate and hreverent lalnpooner OF q. Washing
Ton, esq, and he may have lodged my 'sYraSshOpl
pr n some cheap police boarding house.
SoOld you be In POSSESSION OF any such scion Of
foe1re promise for noeoT1ety and fame ANSWERING
20 the above ear marks and you Will loose thS
Maverick from your carroll and drive him 70 my
r1ncn, n 6l3 18th street northwest, you VIII re
cave my thanks and no questions shall be ASKED
PWoeo naa presence be not accompanied with
procedenG
The boy TUNED up subsequently al rQht with
w toe intervention OF the police.
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BOOKS OF the WEEK.

PRINCIPLES OF ART. Part I, Art in History; Pan
II, Art in Theory. BY JoHs c. VAN DYKE LbF.-
rlan Of the Sage Library, New brunswick n. y.
New York: fords Howard q Hubert washing
ton: WIN. Bsllantyne 4 Son
THE JESUIT'S RING A Romance Of Mount Desert
BY AUGUSTUS ALLEN HAYEs author Of The Denver
Express" "A Romance Of Easthampton," etc. etc.
New York: Charles 6cribners Sons Washington:
Brentanos.
THE STORY OF PERSIA BY g. @. w. BENJAMIN,
lately United States Minister 20 Persia THE story
Of the Nations Serlesl New York: u. r. Putnam
Sons. Washington Robert Besll
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM: An Esssy. BY PuTSAM
7. BISHOP, suthor Of The Psychologist" New
York: q. p Putnams Sons Washington; Robert
BeAll-
CREED AND CHARACTER Sermops. By the Rev.
II. b. HOLLAND. MA, Canon Of Sc. Paula New
York: Charles 6cribner's Sons Wsshingtop; kren-
tanos.
SOCIOLOGY. By yoHN BAscoM. suthor OF "folfttcal
Economy.n "Ethics," etc New YORK; O. r. rus
nam'U soma. Washfngton: Robert Beall
xcod fYscS GUS EiSersids Museum" Nsw
York: Thomas Y. Croweu Co.
ROBA DI ROMA. BY WuIIAn WEIno1I SToeI u
Two Volumes Boston: Houghton Atfntn O
Washington; Robert Bell
A HALF CENTURY IN SALEM By II G; y. susnE1
Boston. Houghton. Aiman q 70 ~
6rontADoA.
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The Catholic Consistory.

AAAO OsSSAAVAAO OOMDADSV1ye
ST. PATRICK'S DAY Is THE DATE PIXED-CARDINAL JAG
OBINIs SUCCESSOR = THE AMERICAN PRELATKS IN
ROME.
cable special from Rome says: The public
consistory at which Cardinal Gibbons and Cardi-
nal Taschereau will be hated, has been fixed for
March IL. as originally announced Three days
earlier the secret consistory win be held In the
Sala Ducale, without the presence Of the American
cardinals His holiness had determined to hold
the consistory on March so or whereabouts In def
erence to the death OF Cardinal JacObini; but, as
will be seen, he has thought best not to defer the
ceremony. It Is expected that the project Of the
holy congregation OF the propaganda VIII shortly
receive papers from Archbishop Kenrtck, OF St
Louis and Archbishop Salp0tnte, OF santa Re, In
which they viii defend their action In voting
against the interests OF the Knights OF Labor at
the late third plenary council. One Of the latest
rumorS Is that Cardinal Ttndaro, lately elevated,
is TO be made papal secretary OF state. Cardinal
Tindaro belongs to tho 6tctl1an nobility. During
the jubilee to be held here next year In commem0-
ration Of the ftieth anniversary OF Pope Le0s re-
ceptiOD into the priesthood, number OF saints
viii be canonized 70 memOFtalize theeve Among
these will be three Jesuits, viz: Blessed John
BerchmanA Blessed ,AlphonSuS R0dnguez and
blessed Peter Clayer. Ch0 last named was acolored
mani Bishop Keane, OF Richmond, Va, who LEFT
FOR the seaahoro week or so ago tor the benent
OF his health, has returned TO Rome, much bene-
fited BY his trip. He win remain here with Bishop
Ireland OF SC. PAUL to witness tho tnvestiture Of
the American cardinals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-05

An REUNITED STATES DEPUTY MARSHAL SUM-
The united States government has entered suit
for $4,000 against ex-Mayor B. D: johnson, OF
Waltham, Mass, for some years Chief United States
deputy marshall The action set forth that John
son, while acting as deputy marshal for four
years, took the majority OF the tees.
alloting his brother deputies An unsatisfactory
has writings to show that he was to have
5000 per annum out Of the fees earned by
the deputdeS for service OF wr1ts and other
business The Deputies however, deny this
and SAY that to facilitate mattefs . clerk Is
chosen from their number who has charge OF the
fees: that tWo-thirds OF all these teeo are to be
equally divided among the deputies, while General
Banks, as marshal gets the other third. Attach
ments have been placed ON the property belonging
efty which he has recently assigned 70 Henry r.
Sherman OF Waltham. The ca6e WIN Be e3ed IN
the United States Court
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Woman.

From heaven to earth star descended
(By guides celestial 2ttended),
Predestined to q semblance human.
Still half divine, it changed to woman;
It still retained within its face
Some likeness of its heavenly grace:
The vestal beauties of the skies
Where mirror'd in its faultless eyes;
The splendors Of the sunlight there
But changed its halo into hair,
While rose and lily both combined
The hue of lip and cheek designed,
So typical of all that she
Most beautiful in both might be.
H EDGERTON CT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-05

Senator Brown Pockets 32,OOO, OOOs
Chattanooga Special to the New York World
The Daily Times publishes statement to the
effect that Senator Joe Brown, OF Georgia,
has sold his two blast furnaces, one Of
which is In Chattanooga and the other at
Rising Fawn, twenty miles Distant and
the Dade Mines, near this city, to syndicate OF
Georgia capitalists for S2,OO0,OOO The syndicate
is known as the Barlow Coal, Iron and Land COM
pany, which recently purchased $1,000 acres Of
land near Gainesville, Ga. Among the stocIhold.
ers OF the company are Capt. w. q. kaoQl, late
Of the Atlanta Constellation, and the Inmans, Of
New York and Atlanta.
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VIVIAN rough and Wild the March winds blow
Benoaxh the ice we look ana ioi
We see the brooks begin 70 now.
When wflder yet the Wild vinds ding.
We harf md hear the bluebird ring
His oliver trumpet Of the spxing.
No hitter winds can him dianay:
Though icy currents check the W.
He ocepfs fo-morrow In to-day.
He knovv That what hath been ahn0 80
He does not wait - We, 70 sBe
To MEASURE out his joyful sopg;
Though bud aud bloom be hidden long
m fSjfS 4 ougs, his hOpo y strong.
-cAHxozrA pDa,
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For WEAKNESS comes Of having.
When happiness means pursuit,
And loves grows dwarfish and stinted
And bears but little fruit,
When the serpent OF self forever
l. cOiling about its root
So bps which have met in Kisses
Grow chary of tender speech
30 hearts which are bound to9ether
Grow burdensome each 70 each
Since the only thing men value
Are those which they cannot reach.
-EIIZABFTH AIIRa.
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sale. knoedler a Co bo,yht IN a Rnusereau fof
the same reason. There was a Rousseau-there
arc none In the market-and Il sold FOR one-haf a
object IN protecting IL
Amos J. CuNnISos .xn a, u...
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MORE RAnTHQUAxK SHOCKS N the SOU1H-A
slioht earthquake trern0r felt In Charleston, g c..
at half-past two yesterday morning was also felt
nOir,ts III lower Carolina At Augusta, Ca, there
were two shocks Qne after Two g N. end another
about ave & n.
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never
known to attack any of them In fact noticed
and announced many years ago that in some Of
the northern cities Gas Boston and Phnadel-
q result OF the increase of the English SD arrow.
which feeds in the breeding season upon
smooth worms less harmful to our trees
the rejected orgyia to increase = result
still further promoted by the habit Of driving away
to have. The same reasoning will, to a large
extent, hold true In respect OF the web-wOrm and
putting all sentiment aside, we may safely aver
in preserving our trees from their worst Insect
defoliators There is every reason to believe thai
the bag-worm is carried, when young, from tree to
tree upon the claws and legs OF the bird. and its
dissemination is thus aided and its Destruction
rendered more difficult.
THE FUTURE OF OUR TREEs-PRuN1Na.
Before closing this article it may be well to cali
attention to another danger from which our
shade trees are threatened In the future 7 refer
to the reckless and almost cruel pruning which
has In the past been INDUCED in, and witch. II
| commission find 1t very difficult to prevent No
one looking to the future Of our shade trees can
have witnessed without Indignation the gangs Of
nasey and withou. ntegence tRe limbs 81 Ine
and SH Of the
result OF senseless pruning Is easily seen on some
in our parks which have BEEN more often tte 1esf
trees should be pruned from below, and not io n
result tail sTsSt Tunf not s1sIs VIZ te
view OF the buildings fIom the street. and YET fur
nishing the desired shade and beauty: the treesoi
what ours are fast becoming. But there Is an am
calling attention to It in this connection 10 use
the language OF my seventh report on the insects
MasSssdea soreT .o ass e aang q the
OF the most destructive horerS OF our trees: Hany
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Mr.. Calderon Carlisle has in contemplation the
improvement OF his property at the northwest
corner of Sd and streets, which will take in the
entire frontage on street, from the corner, to the
residence OF his mother.
A row OF four houses have been commenced for
Mr.. Raleigh j. Sherman on the southeast corner OF
I'D and q streets. The fronts will be OF pressed
brick, with bays, having large double windows
with cathedral glass transoms. The houses will
have two stories and pitched slate roofs. The cor
ner house Will nave tower and two bays ON the
I'D street front, with the principal front ON G
street. They will be four rooms Deep and the In
terors finished in natural wood. The flrepaces OF
the parOrS VIII De In the corners, and have hand
some mantels. with cabinets. MI. T. f. Schneider
is the architect.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-10-27
HYSTERICAL EPIDEMIC.
Outbreak of a Queer COnvutsionist Mani
I'm the Province of Rome.

Outbreak of Queer COnvulsiOnist Mania
I'm the Province of Rome.
A curious outbreak of convulsioniSt
mania. analogous to those which Oc-
Cured from time TO time during the
Middle Ages. has shown itself ut Agosta,
IN the province of Rome.
For some weeks past the country
people have been laboring under the
leluSion that the district is under the
immediate government of the Evil One,
and before retiring to rest they care
July place on the threshold the broom
md the salt, which are accredited with
;he power of keeping off evil spirits.
Many of the younger women have epi-
eptiform attacks, during which they
liter piercing screams and are violently
,onvulsed. So serious had the condi-
ion of things become that the syndic of
Agosta found it necessary to inform
The prefect, who sent detachments of
soldiers into the district in order to
calm the apprehensions of the inhab-
tants.
As a natural consequence of this con-
iition of mental perturbation, the cOun-
Try is overrun with quacks who claim
70 possess the only infallible remedy for
the seizures. One of these noStrums.
the vendor of which was making rich
harvest from its sale, was found on an
alysis to consist of earth, snuff and
bOrax. Three medical men who were
to investigate the cause
and nature of this extraordinary affec-
ton came to the conclusion that it was
an epidemic of Mysteries.
They examined a number of the suf-
ferers, mostly young women. some of
whom were alleged to have vomited
nails, horse-shoes. and other equally
ndigestible substances, while others
barked like dogs. Several of them
we're removed to Rome for treatment in
the hospitals there, and measures have
been taken to check the spread of the
mischief
In a milder degree this contagious
'orm OF hysteria is not infrequent,
in places where ignorance
md superstition favor manifestations
If nervous disorders. The worst ex-
,esses of popular outbreaks, like the
french revolution, have been attributed |
o similar influences. and with every
appearance of justice.-BrtLiSh Medical
IOurnGk.
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THIMBLE-EYE MACkEREI.
A Good Food Fish Which Has an Extra
ordinary History.

ordinary History.
The Long Island fishermen are MAX
ing good catches of club or thimble-
eye mackerel. which run small but find
a ready market. Hundreds of fisher
men are now engaged in their capture
and all kinds of fishing boats are strung
out from Block Island to Gay Head.
A part of the catch is taken in seines.
but the best success is met with bv
trolling them with menhaden chum
and catching them on a hook with
mackcrel belly or other tough bait.
These fish do not differ greatly from
the common mackerel (scomber sconl-
brus), although they do not attain so
large a size. Its chief difference is the
presence of an air bladder and mot
tied back in place of the stripes. At
the beginning of the present century it
was abundant in New England waters
and large catches were made by the
standing-room boats of Gloucester; but
it disappeared about 1925 and has npt
since been found in any considerable
numbers north of Cape Cod, while a
quarter of century later it had disap-
peared from the whole North Atlantic
coast. For ten years previous to 1879
the Smithsonian Institution, with agents
from Halifax to Galveston, was unable
to secure single specimen for its mr-
scum. but in the latter year a number
were taken in Provincetown harbor
1t .s a good food fish and finds ready
Ann -4dUertiser.
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ROTATION OF CROPS,
Valuable Experiments Made on the Mis-.
souri, Agricultural College Farm.


souri, Agricultural College Farm.
Prof. j. w. Sanborn, of the Missouri
Agricultural College. in bulletin
lately issued. reporting experiments in
crop rotation, gives the following
which are valuable upon the philosophy
of rotation:
Rotations are valuable because plants
vary in the area of the soil in which the,
roots grow. and from which they derive
the sustenancc of the plant. thus more
completely utilizing the soil within
| their reach.
| There is a remarkable variation in
the power of plants to appropriate the,
various elements of plant growth, due,
at least in part, TO the character of the
acids secreted by their roots. Thus
one plant, like clover, has a high power
of gathering nitrogen, and another, like
wheat, a very low power.
Plants vary in their weight of roots.
as an illustration clover. carrying sew
eral times the weight of roots that.
wheat does, it will be seen that, mas
much as clover roots are very much
richer in nitrogen than wheat, and
carry enough nitrogen to grow a crop
of wheat, that wheat will most advan-
tageously follow clover. Thus. like
wise. other plants follow each other
advantageously.
Rotation of crops battles. in large
measure, the root enemies, both insect
and fungus. that prey upon them. Each
plant having its own peculiar enemies,
changing of plants removes them to
fields unoccupied by such enemies.
This is true of the above-ground growth
of plants to an important degree.
Plants vary in the amounts of the.
varying elements of nutrition actually
taken up in growth; thus, while wheat
takes only one and one-fourth pounds
of potash for every pound of phosphorus
acid. potatoes take three and one
fourth pounds of potash for each
pound of phOsphoric acid Com
tinuous growth of potatoes would
exhaust the potash of the soil or
of supplied manure long before the.
phOsphOric acid would give out
The leaves of plants vary in their
power of gaining food and of vaporizins
water. and are roughly divided into
broad and narrowed ieaved.
Leaves vary in their season of active
growth. Those plants maturing in
mid and early fall generally
gdtser nitrogen (corn and turnips are
good examples,) following in their
growth the decomposing influence Of
the sun, more easily and fully than
other crops do.
Rotation ccnserves soil fertility and
yet aids in soil decomposition by alter
nation of grass, or cover crops and hOed
crops. Under a continuation of plow
and tillage crops, teaching. volatiliza~
ton and washing of fertility is rapid
and NAV be or is moro than carried
away by crops, especially so of nitrogen.
Rotation of crops distributes labor
over the year, and therefore economies
labor and gives regular help and aids
In the soidtiOn of the labor problem of
the farm.-Farm. Field and Stocknsa,1
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-10-27
Americas Timber Supply.

Notwithstanding the great draw upon
the wood reserves of the country there
is no danger of exhaustion at present
New England is by no means denuded
of its timber. The great Northwestern
pineries are comparatively inexhaust-
ed. There is also = vigorous second
growth of white pine in New England.
where the forests are already yielding
between 200, 100000 and 3OO,O 900, 600
feet of timber annually. Southern
pine. although stripped from the banks
of streams flowing into the Atlantic, is
practically untouched in the Gulf
States, especially those bordering on
the Mississippi. The hardwood forests
of the Mississippi basin are still prolific
In Michigan. particularly the Northern
peninsula, hardwood is plentiful,
maple especially. In the Pacific coast
region the great forests of fir are prac-
tically intact. The forest capacity of
the country IS vast. Strange to say,
the decimating element of most po-
teaee is fire, and not the axes of nier-
cenary timber speculators.-BoS
Bulletin.
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Not Sure on the Dodo.

''Kin l git man arrested" asked a
colored man at the Sergeant's desk in
police headquarters yesterday.
What for?''
"Fur callin' me Names"
"What names?"
"Well. sab, he called me dOdo."
''And what is dodo?"
81 dunno, sah."
Perhaps it means great states
man."
..Mebbe it does. sab, an so I'll let ur
on his callin' me names an hev him
arrested fur dc way he jumped in an
Civ me two kicks. ."-DstroH Free Press.